Installation Of Expansion Cards - Gigabyte GA-965P-DS4 User Manual

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Installation of Expansion Cards

To install your expansion card, follow the steps below.
1. Disconnect your system from its power source and read the expansion card's installation manual
before installing the expansion card in the computer.
2. Remove your computer's chassis cover, screws and slot bracket from the computer. Ground
yourself to prevent damage to your computer resulting from Electrostatic discharge (ESD).
3. Press the expansion card firmly into the expansion slot in the motherboard.
4. Make sure the metal contacts on the card are fully seated in the slot.
5. Replace the screw to secure the slot bracket of the expansion card.
6. Replace your computer's chassis cover.
7. Power on the computer, if necessary, configure required settings for the expansion card in system
BIOS Setup.
8. Install related driver in the operating system.
For example: Installing a PCI Express x16 VGA card:
To remove the VGA card from the PCIE_16_1 slot:
Please carefully pull out the small white-drawable bar at the end of the
PCIE_16 slot when you try to uninstall the VGA card.
Or you can also press the latch on the opposite side of the drawable
bar as the picture to the left shows.
To remove the VGA card from the PCIE_16_2 slot:
When you try to uninstall the VGA card on the PCIE_16_2 slot, you can
press the latch as the picture to the left shows to release the card.
The motherboard includes a PCIE_12V power connector, which provides
extra power to the onboard PCI Express x16 slot. When installing two
graphics cards, please connect the power cable from the power supply to
this connector.
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To install the VGA card:
Please align the VGA card with the PCI Ex-
press x16 slot and press down on the card.
Make sure the VGA card is locked by the
small white drawable bar.
Hardware Installation